Danny Glover
Danny Glover
Biography
Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film Witness. He had leading roles in other films including To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger. Also, he has had prominent supporting roles in Silverado, Witness, A Rage in Harlem, Dreamgirls, Shooter, Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights, Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Dead Don't Die, Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover earned top billing for the first time in Predator 2, the sequel to the science fiction action film Predator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the Michael Jackson video "Liberian Girl" of 1987. In 1994, he made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actor Ben Guillory founded the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.
Known For
Actor
as Roger Murtaugh
as Narrator (voice)
as Santa Claus
as Michael Tedeschi
as Jerry
as Ele mesmo
as Cooper
as Self
as Mark Walker
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Roger Murtaugh (archive footage)
as Milo
as Narrator (voice)
as Grandpa Allen
as Hank Thompson
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Ray
as Baltimore Bob
as Teddy
as Langston
as Mr. Ocean
as Narrator (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Gilbert Pearson
as Benny
as Max Powers
as Dr. Powell
as Uncle Issa
as Victor
as Slim Robinson Present Day
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Constable Haagen
as Narrator (voice)
as Mr. Weathers
as Walter
as Bob
as Roger
as Ambrose
as Sully
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
as Narrator (voice)
as The Boss
as Stinky
as Benjamin Carver
as Chancellor Gordon
as Edward Collins
as Elohim
as Hal Westbrook
as Red
as Bernie Pope
as Narrator (voice)
as Coffee Lover
as Dr. Locke
as Captain Nicol
as Carl
as Darius (voice)
as Self
as Sponge
as Mr. Walker
as Self
as Detective St. John
as Bernie Pope
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
as William Ward
as Uncle Norman
as Mayor
as Justice Thurgood Marshall
as Harding
as Shinishi
as Ed
as Charlie Shuffleton
as Self
as Commander Phillips
as Floyd
as Reverend John
as Arthur
as Frank Ironside
as Self
as Dubem
as Duncan
as Self
as Isom Dart
as Father Leonard
as Professor Arthur Teller
as Investigator
as Self (Occupy Oakland)
as Donovan Matheson
as Ahab
as Gabriel Peters
as Dean Francis
as School Director
as Mr. Shannon
as Winston (voice)
as Danny Glover
as Harry 'Red' Newman
as Franzis
as Uncle Russell
as Marcus
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as President Thomas Wilson
as Self
as Joseph Holder
as Miles
as David Tapp (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
as Self
as Man with Black Eye Patch
as John Malcolm
as Mr. Fletcher
as Charlie Lawson
as Tyrone Purvis
as President Chen (voice)
as Father Elias
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
as George
as Marty Madison
as Miles the Mule (voice)
as Cow-boy
as Brer Turtle (voice)
as Ken Hollister
as David Keaton
as Isaac Marshall
as Mel Hornsby
as David Tapp
as Self
as Wilhelm
as Self (archive footage)
as Jake Neely
as Col. Weldon
as Self
as Hank Morgan
as Thomas
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
as David Tapp
as Judge Crowley
as Ogion
as Self
as Tom Spader
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Henry Sherman
as Hershey
as Boesman
as Will Walker
as Self (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice)
as Host
as Train Conductor (voice)
as Jethro (voice)
as Paul D
as Barbatus (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Roger Murtaugh
as Self - Panelist
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
as Bob Goodall
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
as Gus Green
as Self
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
as Philip Marlowe
as Capt. Sam Cahill
as Isaac Jefferson (voice)
as The King (voice)
as George Knox
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
as Charlie Pratt Sr.
as Self
as Jerry
as Micah Mangena
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Host
as Host
as Marlowe
as Alec Haley
as Roger Murtaugh
as Simon
as Raymond Campanella
as Easy Money
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
as Harry
as Dr. Apollo (voice)
as Roger Murtaugh
as Dr. Alex Marsh
as Walter Lee Younger
as Self
as Joshua Deets
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
as Mr. Scott
as Nelson Mandela
as Roger Murtaugh
as John Henry
as Albert
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
as Apples Finnerty
as McFee
as William
as John Henry
as Moze
as Loomis
as Willie Monroe
as Gary
as Lester Traylor
as Jojo / Roland
as Morgan
as Oscar Micheaux
as Self - Presenter
as Inmate
as self
as Self - Presenter
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Co-Producer
as Co-Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Co-Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Co-Producer
as Executive Producer
as Co-Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Associate Producer
as Associate Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
Crew
as Presenter
as Presenter